Wanna Learn Typing

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/

Like Kimberly A. below said, this is the website, my Daughter's 2nd grade Teacher, recommended to learn typing.
Free.

Seeing as typewriters are few and far between these days, I think it's called keyboarding now.
I had a typing class in high school in the late 70's. A lot of it had to do with building up finger strength because some of those old non electric typewriters required some serious strength in the hands, wrists and fingers.
The rest of the time was spent as practice, practice, practice till you instinctively knew where every letter/special character was on the keyboard.
Practice capitol letters vs lower case letters.
Practice looking at what you are copying from.
As you get better, try not to look at your hands, the keyboard, or the screen/paper you are typing.
You should be able to do this blindfolded as someone dictates to you.
Practice sentences that use the whole alphabet.
It helps you pick up speed and increases your accuracy.
Spelling, vocabulary and punctuation enter into it, too.
"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" - repeat a hundred times.
Here are 28 more:
http://www.designingletters.com/html/alphabetsentences.html
Have fun!
(My Mom's cousin worked as a secretary in city hall for 30 years.
She could easily do three hundred words a minute.)

Try this

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/

There is a website called www.typingweb.com
You have to register for it to save your progress, and it will prompt you to "upgrade" but you don't have to, and you can learn from the very basic stuff all for free. It tests you on your speed and accuracy as you get better and better.
Good luck :)

Many years ago, I bought Mavis Beacon teaches typing. It was expensive, and I downloaded it onto my computers. Sometimes I still use it as a fun 'game' that also improves my speed. Maybe you can borrow it from the library?
Whoops- I meant in-expensive! ;)

You can try the library

yep - just google it!

Isn't it funny how American schools are suggesting to use UK websites for learning? Us Americans must be doing something right in our public schools (sarcasm)

The BBC site seems to be the best. My son is in the 3rd grade and has been using it for the last 2 years.... I even find myself sometimes wanting to do it, because it's fun and helps me keep up on my typing skills

I took a typing class in high school WAY back in the 80's and it was a little bit helpful in terms of learning where the letters were located on the keyboard. But what REALLY worked for me was typing papers in college. It was just having to do it - the repetitive work - that helped me learn to type. Now I can type over 60 words per minute. If you can't find a place to do it for free, try just typing from a book that you like - look at the keys at first, and then just keep trying to look up more and more. The more you do it, the more your fingers and brain will learn where to go. Good luck!

If you are looking for a job, Manpower has free classes in Microsoft products. I have an old copy of Mavis Bacon & I highly recommend it, especially to work up your speed.

I remember typing class in HS (and this was in 1995). All we did was type from books. Over and Over again. Eventually we took timed tests, and the goal was 55 words per minute.
I'm in corporate wonderland, so these days, 55wpm seems pretty slow.

Basically, it's just a matter of doing it a lot and getting more familiar with the keyboard. There's not really a science to it.
Get a book you like and just type it out. With frequency, you'll find that you get going pretty fast.

It isn't completely free, but Best Buy has some very cheap typing programs you can buy.